Very BASIC embroidery machine questions.
#11
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: FL
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Congrats!! Yes, please do post a pic of your emb machine. That way if some of us have that model, we can be of more specific help to you.
I also have that book by Nancy Zeiman, great book!
You can embroider on so many things from toilet paper (yes, you read right) to leather!
You will have so much fun with it and I'll help in any way I can.
I also have that book by Nancy Zeiman, great book!
You can embroider on so many things from toilet paper (yes, you read right) to leather!
You will have so much fun with it and I'll help in any way I can.
#13
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 616
Originally Posted by mpeters1200
Thanks! I'll go to the library to request that book by Nancy. My first quilt ever was one of her beginner patterns. By stabilizer....is it specific to embroider or would interfacing stuff work?
I was afraid once I posted about it, I would either jinx myself or raise more questions....I wish UPS would hurry up and bring it!!
there are some websites where you can buy the stabilizer in bulk, but i'm just a 'casual user' so i've picked up a little here, a little there. got the sticky and water soluble after reading nancy's book. worked great with the towels because i didn't want the hoop marks and didn't want the little loops to catch on the needle.
have fun!
oh, and here's another fun embroidery design site - not sure why the name, but some fun and inexpensive stuff
http://www.designsbysick.com/
#14
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No, interfacing is not the same as a stabilizer for MEing. I get the H2gone WSS (water soluble stabilizer) from walmart and it works perfectly.
I mainly buy OESD stabilizers tho.
Try this site, it helped me a lot when I 1st started. It's free to join and they don't bother you with emails unless you want a reply to a post.
http://www.sewforum.com/index.php?si...ca02bfba050b6b
I mainly buy OESD stabilizers tho.
Try this site, it helped me a lot when I 1st started. It's free to join and they don't bother you with emails unless you want a reply to a post.
http://www.sewforum.com/index.php?si...ca02bfba050b6b
#15
I had to come back here so I could bookmark this thread. There's no way I'm going to get through all those fabo links in one sitting.
Also...one of the quilt fairies gave me a message to expect my box on Wednesday. I just can't contain my excitement. I'll take a pic of it as soon as I can, but I'll make sure to post make and model right away.
I'm SOOOOOOOO excited!
Also...one of the quilt fairies gave me a message to expect my box on Wednesday. I just can't contain my excitement. I'll take a pic of it as soon as I can, but I'll make sure to post make and model right away.
I'm SOOOOOOOO excited!
#16
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: NE Pa.
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The reason you do not want to use interfacing is because you want to be able to take the stabalizer off after you finish embroidering. So tear away is what you use. What ever kind of machine it is, it would be nice if you knew a dealer or friend who does this kind of thing to help you out. Hands on is a good thing. Good Luck and enjoy. Marge
#20
I just got my machine in Nov and have been taking lessons from dealer to learn to use it. It's a Babylock Ellure Plus. I love it except that the biggest design area I can do with this machine is 5x7. I didn't realize this when I bought it. I saved forever to buy it and if I had realized this I would have waited to up grade to a better machine. My teacher said not to use cheap thread (Coats & Clark) because it will cause problems in your machine. It will fray & shred. I didn't know this. I grew up sewing with this thread and never had a problem but I'm not gambling with a $2000.00 machine. There is a book I'm going to order from Amazon, it's titled "Embroidery Machine Essentials-How to Stablize Hoop & Stitch Decorative Stitches by Jeannine Twigg also Basic Techniques same author. They seem to have more basic information than others I looked at. The key to good embroidery is the stablization. It's makes all the difference in the world in how a piece turns out. Did you know to monogram a towel you have to stablize the top side & the bottom & you don't hoop it. My next lesson we are doing towels. Can't wait to do T shirts. Hope you have fun. It is a learning process.
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